How good is the DBA role for a good and well-paid IT career?

The importance of protecting data is also getting more spotlight. Its always been a major concern but with new regulations like GDPR, companies are making major efforts to tighten things up. A DBA is critical to those efforts

You know it’s funny. Every few years people proclaim that the DBA job role is dead, it’s not even close. The role will never truly die, it just evolves.

Cloud is a great example of this. People wonder why we need a DBA when we can just spring up a server in minutes. Well someone still needs to manage the backups, security, virtual networking, and the data inside the cloud. Additionally cloud brings more focus on automation of infrastructure. We can now spring up entire regional data centers in the cloud with a script. Well someone has to write those scripts *cue the DBA*.

The importance of protecting data is also getting more spotlight. Its always been a major concern but with new regulations like GDPR, companies are making major efforts to tighten things up. A DBA is critical to those efforts

In other words, yes it is a good and rewarding career, both in terms of challenge, pay, and satisfaction.